Transcript (37 pages) of an interview by Floyd A. O'Neil and Ralph DeRose with Claire Steres Bernstein on August 1, 1972. From tape number H-3 in the Jewish Oral History Project

Abstract

Mrs. Bernstein (b. 1907), who was born in Vernal, recalls family stories of journeys from Russia and Manchuria, family life in Vernal, orthodox traditions at home, the move to Salt Lake City, and her experiences in the public school system. She also speaks of the family grocery store, living as a minority, politics, the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, congregation Montefiore and the bar mitzvah of various family members.